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Children attending Minot Roosevelt Park Zoo’s Day Camp pose for a photo on Thursday with the replica of a $250,000 check presented to the zoo by the Minot Area Community Foundation. The check will go to the zoo’s new Amur leopard habitat. Others in the photo include zoo staff and representatives of the Foundation, Minot Park District and Greater Minot Zoological Society. Zoo staff handed out stuffed leopards for each youngster attending day camp on Thursday.
Roosevelt Park Zoo is steps closer to a new Amur leopard habitat.
On Thursday, the zoo received a $250,000 grant from the Minot Area Community Foundation. Foundation President Jason Zimmerman made the presentation to Ron Merritt, Minot Parks executive director.
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Three high-ranking advisors to ousted Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, dismissed by his elected successor Amy Mercado, got “golden parachute” deals from Singh that could net them a combined $318,000 from taxpayers, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by Mercado seeking to void the extraordinary severance packages. Singh signed the special agreements for the trio on Sept. 30, about six weeks after he was trounced by Mercado in the Democratic primary. Mercado learned about the unusual severance arrangements after she reorganized the Property Appraiser’s office and eliminated high-paying posts held by Tatsiana Sokolava, Singh’s former campaign consultant who became his chief operational officer; Barbara Jubran, Singh’s human resources manager; and Robert Grimaldi, his legal advisor.
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